EVICTION Synonyms
There are 9 hypernyms of the word eviction. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for EVICTION
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dispossession | nounn | |||||||
noun • the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law • freeing from evil spirits | ||||||||
banishment | nounn | |||||||
noun • the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) • rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone | ||||||||
displacement | nounn | |||||||
noun • act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics • an event in which something is displaced without rotation • the act of uniform movement • (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one • to move something from its natural environment • act of removing from office or employment | ||||||||
ejection | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting • the act of forcing out someone or something | ||||||||
expelling | verbv | |||||||
noun • any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body | ||||||||
expulsion | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of forcing out someone or something • squeezing out by applying pressure • the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting | ||||||||
ousting | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out | ||||||||
removal | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of removing • dismissal from office | ||||||||
constructive eviction | nounn | |||||||
noun • action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved | ||||||||
legal ouster | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law |